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Originally Posted by bunt_q
Anybody who spells urban center "urban centre" isn't likely your run of mill Denverite. 
I saw it was brick. It's still atrocious and looks like every other sloppily done 5-8 story apartment nightmare built around here in the last five years. I support the density - I still also public executions of all architects until they figure out how to design human habitation that isn't just plain ugly. |
Guilty as charged, but remember our general elections last only six weeks and the total spend for all parties is less then Jeb! spent on media buying in one primary.
There are a couple of separate issues, one being sloppy construction and the other is designing like you give a damn. Even in my house I am horrified by the poor quality of construction that someone signed off, and by appliances with a five year life expectancy and 2 out of 3 a/c units have failed within ten years and the engineer being surprised how long they lasted. Clearly this is just a cost of construction issue bumping up against the low expectations of US homeowners.
I have been very critical of so much of the low rise construction around Union Station with its timid and confusing design language. The building at 14th and Speer has much better flow, not relying on a blue metal panel to distract a clumsy design. It flows well around its space and is light and airy in what is a gloomy corner on a busy road.
As you point out my frame of reference is different not having grown up in the US, but I do not know of anywhere outside of China where there is so much building, repairing and reclaiming a city. I just don't think that we can wish wonderful inspiring buildings into existence; success will breed success and perhaps with it better construction values and more dramatic designs. And this is not one rogue architect responsible for a homogeneity of pap; thus one must conclude that they are providing the product that they are being paid for. I have given up hoping be overwhelmed by residential design downtown, but it often seems that even whelmed is too much to hope for. The clean lines of 14th and Speer moved the needle beyond whelmed for me.
Finally, let's not put artificial height limits on buildings without very good reason. Why stop a really tall building next to six lanes of traffic, what view plane are you respecting.
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